Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Shooting prompts review of district's safety plans
An Oxnard school shooting Tuesday has prompted district officials to review campus safety plans and consider changes if necessary, but experts say even the tightest security measures cannot totally prevent school violence.For parents, frustration and fear reign
Lisa Span raced through Oxnard streets Tuesday, thinking she would soon see her daughter. She was escorted under yellow police tape. But E.O. Green School was on "lockdown," so Span was funneled with hundreds of other parents onto an athletic field to wait for their children.Stockton USD superintendent to retire
Superintendent Jack McLaughlin announced Tuesday night he will retire later this year. At a regularly scheduled meeting of the Stockton Unified School District's Board of Trustees, McLaughlin said he will retire effective June 30, at which point he will be two years into the three-year contract he agreed to upon his hiring on July 1, 2006.Temple City to begin search for schools chief
Temple City Unified District's superintendent won't be around to greet students for the new school year next fall. The district's board of education, at a meeting Feb. 6, voted 4-1 not to renew Superintendent Joan Hillard's contract.Escondido, inland school districts grapple with budget gap
Significant cuts in programs and staffing are on the horizon for inland North County school districts grappling with the loss of several million dollars each in state funding next year, officials said Tuesday.Student wounded at Oxnard junior high school, other student held
A 15-year-old boy was shot and wounded in a junior high school computer lab Tuesday and another eighth-grader was taken into custody, authorities said. Worried parents gathered outside the 1,150-student E.O. Green Junior High School, which was locked down.Long Beach USD delays removal of Lakewood H.S. batting cage
The Long Beach Unified School District on Tuesday delayed for at least one day the removal of some upgrades to a Lakewood High School batting cage but said that the new overhead beams and lights need to come down until they are reviewed for safety and code compliance.School district decides against arts academy
Antioch Unified School District administrators have decided against establishing a performing arts academy at Antioch High School this fall after a communication breakdown resulted in too many questions and criticisms.Pair of schools are stressing the arts
Buena Vista Arts-Integrated Elementary School in Montclair and the School of Arts and Enterprise in Pomona offer more arts classes than traditional schools in the Inland Valley while still providing the same state-approved instructional time and curriculum for math and English.San Juan district anguishes over summer cutbacks
Crippled by the angst of choosing which students should be the priority, San Juan Unified trustees tabled a decision Tuesday night about how to downsize the district's summer school program.Layoffs a possibility
Even with more than four months left to complete budgets, local districts are already confronting the reality that their main source of funding will be cut. Some districts are even preparing to inform teachers of the possibility of layoffs, as well as cuts to programs and increasing class size.Strapped school district preparing for steep state cuts
Oceanside's school district is facing an $8.8 million budget shortfall in the coming fiscal year – the local fallout of a state budget crisis that will hammer school districts across California.Student's rights not violated, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled – again – that Poway school officials did not violate the free-speech rights of a student whom they pulled from class for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-gay slogan.School superintendents warn of layoffs, broke school districts
Local school superintendents raised the specter Tuesday of teacher layoffs, classrooms packed with too many students and even state takeover of districts that go broke under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed state budget.High schools hit with gang-style graffiti
High schools in Hamilton City and Chico faced a major cleanup effort Tuesday after gang-style graffiti was discovered on buildings at the two campuses.Districts protest state budget cuts
School districts across the Bay Area this week are formally protesting the governor's budget proposal to cut billions of dollars from public education statewide. Joining that protest is the Jefferson Elementary School District in Daly City, whose board is expected tonight to approve a resolution opposing the proposed cuts.Milpitas teacher screens anti-abortion clips in 8th-grade class
A Milpitas science teacher has been placed on leave after showing parts of the graphic anti-abortion film "The Silent Scream" to five eighth-grade classes.Settlement opens door to charter schools in L.A.
More Los Angeles campuses will have to make room for charter schools, even if some teachers are forced to give up their classrooms and become roving instructors, under a litigation settlement approved by the Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday.High schools face budget squeeze play
High school sports administrators are bracing for a budget hit they hope is a glancing blow rather than a knockout punch. Their concern has been heightened by the state's $14.5 billion budget deficit and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to whittle it through cuts to public education and suspension of schools' constitutional funding guarantee under Proposition 98.
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